we turn to patty lee. she's live in oakland where another mud slide is keeping residents up throughout the night. >> reporter: this is another mud slide. this mud slide was cleared away in the past hour. one of the issues with this area is without the light from our light truck, this road would be pitch black. so a driver would not be able to see the hazards until they were right on top of it. this city crew was clearing mud past grizzly peak. carlos navarro is in charge of directing traffic and he's been at it since noon. >> cold, wet, dark. so yeah hopefully they sent more people out here. >> reporter: mud slides became a persistent problem when the rain came in from san francisco. starting as a drizzle. >> it wasn't raining that hard. >> reporter: that quickly turned into torrential downpours. the effect flooding in parts of contra costa county and yet another day of accidents and power outages. this incident caught by our cameras in brentwood. >> there's a bunch of us out here right now. >> reporter: c

patti lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> another look at how traffic is moving across the bay area. there are some trouble spots, but it seems like traffic is moving okay at this hour. >> the heavy downpours are causing concerns about mudslides on mount diablo in the area where the morgan fire burned last. >> september. >> we just have to watch it and have sandbags ready. >> if it rains like this for two or three days and the water comes, we'll have to take a look. >> that fire burned more than 3000 acres that are now bare of vegetation that would keep the soil in place. they say so far the water is soaking into the water and not running offer the mountainside. >> contra costa firefighters are sending out the warnings about fast-moving water. flood control channels are pill ifing up fast with runop from the storms. firefighters are urging parents to urge their children to stay out the water. february of 2011 two walnut creek teenagers died while trying to raft down and flood channel. >>> ktvu viewers keep a close eye on street flooding as well as rising creeks and they have been pos

patti lee joins us live from the newsroom with a look at the president's schedule and the action state officials hope to see as a result of the trip. >> right now, president obama is headed to california's central valley on air force one. he's going to fresno to gauge the depth of the drought and meet firsthand with the people affected by these unusually dry conditions. president obama will be bringing some good news to those farming communities, relief in the form of a new federal initiative. $100million in disaster assistance earmarked for farmers. we spoke with tom vilsack. he says president obama will announce plans to provide money to fund water conservation projects across the state. >> the president will be announcing an additional $15 million in target for conservation assist for those areas most affected by drought. $5million of that will be directed to california. >> the program will be up and running within 60 days. vilsack says it's because the president understands the urgency and what federal relief will mean to central valley families. >> the president definitely recogni

ktvu's patty lee is live at city hall where patty's dance party was designed to raise awareness about domestic violence, and it just wrapped up. >> the message still reverberates. gasia, using dance to end global violence may not sound intuitive, but after hearing from the people and performers on these city hal steps, we start to get it. >> this may look like the dance party, complete with the black eyed peas performing on city hall steps, but it's actually a protest, part of one billion rising, a global campaign to end violence by raising awareness through dance. >> i stand here as a woman in my strength and power saying it's not okay anymore. we have got to stop this. >> let's help them find our voice. >> critics have questioned the effectiveness of a global dance party to tackle problems ranging from rape to human trafficking, but folks here say the language of dance is something everyone can understand. >> it looks like all these women are having a great time and all these men and mothers and fathers, brothers, sisters so it's, of course, dancing is very effective. >> grammy awar

but as ktvu's patty lee reports, some residents are skeptical of this strategy. >> reporter: off-seasonrill sessions is how jordan matthews plans to graduate from high school with a football scholarship and get out of west oakland. >> they don't have names on them. you step out of your house, on the doorstep, your life is in danger. >> reporter: it's a reputation the city is working to shed. >> i do believe that jobs stop bullets. that's what we're here working on. >> reporter: the city's long- term plan for improving public safety involves the climate. west oakland's only public high school. >> what i'm hoping is that the neighborhood will embrace the school a little bit more, come in and mentor people. i've gotten a lot of institutions to hire students for summer jobs. >> reporter: the mayor, school district superintendent and chief of police tried to keep the discussion focused on the future. >> i have a fear of the opd -- >> reporter: victims of violence interrupted one of today's sessions, saying the community needed solutions now. >> we don't know what to do. i didn't come here to

live from san jose, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> investigators say they arrived on scene and found a man and woman each suffering from at least one gunshot wound. they were rushed to the hospital. both are expected to survive. it's unclear what the motive is for that shooting. >>> the man struck and killed by a munni train yet has been identified as 55-year-old michael mendez. he was homes and reportedly kept his backpack under the munni train. it might have fallen as he was trying to retrieve it. >>> in florida angry protesters are demanding that the state attorney resign following the second of two murder cases in which a white man gunned down a black teenager. late yesterday a jury convicted michael dunn of multiple counts of murder but dead locked over a count of attempted murder. >>> protesters in oakland are also angry over the failure to convict dunn on that murder charge. they demonstrated on 14th and broadway. saying the situation is too similar to the shooting of trayvon martin. in that case zimmerman was cleared. >> black and white are painted with a big bulls eye where any vi

on campus. >> i'm just trying to get a scholarship to get out of here. >> reporter: in oakland, patti leevu channel 2 news. >>> now to new developments following a lock-down at oakland's peralta elementary school. san francisco police now say that they have arrested a man who allegedly threatened the family of a student there. 45-year-old matthew eisenhower of oakland was booked on charges of stalking and making criminal threats. he is being held on $1 million bail. well, the threats led to security measures at the oakland school on 63rd does. >> a redwood city man is behind bars, accused of stealing cell phones from someone he met on-line. the suspect is identified as 21- year-old denmark copeland. police say he met and robbed the seller at gunshot. >>> several bank robberies are hoping to prevent alleged robbers to help fremont police. the robbers are suspected of hitting various banks in fremont since october. >>> after two big industrial fires officials in redwood city are laying out specific steps a recycling company must take in order to remain open. the fires were five weeks apart

. >> but as ktvu's patti lee tells us mill valley residents are tackling that problem by going shopping. >> reporter: expecting a new credit card? annie goldman found her mail half-open, including her w it 2. >> it because perforated so somebody could have looked inside and seen any social security number. >> reporter: the visa, nowhere to be found. >> they said they sent it weeks ago and i never got it and at that point i thought i should file a fraud alert. >> she is one of dozens of mail theft victim, but the sheriff's department says unlike home burglaries mail theft is not a crime of opportunity and only way to protect yourself is with a locked mailbox. we went with goldman to goodman's hardware to look at her options. peace of mind doesn't come cheap, but with the uptick in reports and heightened fears about neighborhood crime. >> really crazy. so people are buying a lot. >> reporter: the manager says locking mailboxes have been the hottest item in the department for weeks. >> daily we have been selling at least 10 or 12. >> reporter: many mill valley, patti lee, ktvu . >>> more d

patti lee tells us about one video in particular that is going viral. patti. >> reporter: that video shows a new sophistication when it comes to using social media. not just for sharing information but shaping an agenda and a political message. >> we want to be -- >> reporter: this video is a cry for help from a ukrainian protester who makes her agenda clear. the presentation is far cry from the every man photos shared on social media cries just a few years ago. when the unprecedented use of twitter and facebook during international up risings appeared to harold a new era of reporting. professors with this journalism school mixer are leery that biased sources of information will be perceived as absolute truth. >> with video you can edit it. shot value can be manipulated. >> reporter: they say they can be a credibility gap where news can be shared instantly around the world. >> i think a lot of people think that social media is news. and i think that that can be scary to a degree. >> reporter: for professor david toller the issue is neither black or whit

patti lee tells us about one video in particular that is going viral.. >> reporter: that video shows a new sophistication when it comes to using social media. not just for sharing information but shaping an agenda and a political message. >> we want to be -- >> reporter: this video is a cry for help from a ukrainian protester who makes her agenda clear. the presentation is far cry from the every man photos shared on social media cries just a few years ago. when the unprecedented use of twitter and facebook during international up risings appeared to harold a new era of reporting. professors with this journalism school mixer are leery that biased sources of information will be perceived as absolute truth. >> with video you can edit it. shot value can be manipulated. >> reporter: they say they can be a credibility gap where news can be shared instantly around the world. >> i think a lot of people think that social media is news. and i think that that can be scary to a degree. >> reporter: for professor david toller the issue is neither black or white. he

. >>> new at 10:00, patti lee live where a permanent tribute to those officers is about to be dedicated. >> to mark this first anniversary. the santa cruz police department will be dedicating this garden tomorrow morning. it'll be a private ceremony but just a few hours ago there was a private vigil down the street at city hall. >> reporter: a candlelight service started with a moment of silence followed by song. >> ♪ >>> on february 26 of last year, santa cruz police officer baker and butler were shot and killed by a sexual assault suspect after they knocked down his door. >> i miss my best friend. he's my hero. >> reporter: adam baker says time has not healed the hole left from the death of his father. i miss him, we used to call ourselves the three amigos. >> it's just bringing all those i motions back. >> reporter: adam baker says the emotional support has been invaluable. >> the pivotal point in my healing process has been all the support and love that everyone has given us. >> reporter: many in this crowd told us they have never met the honored officers and their families but came

. >>> new at 10:00, patti lee live where a permanent tribute to those officers is about to be dedicated. >> to mark this first anniversary. the santa cruz police department will be dedicating this garden tomorrow morning. it'll be a private ceremony but just a few hours ago there was a private vigil down the street at city hall. >> reporter: a candlelight service started with a moment of silence followed by song. >> ♪ >>> on february 26 of last year, santa cruz police officer baker and butler were shot and killed by a sexual assault suspect after they knocked down his door. >> i miss my best friend. he's my hero. >> reporter: adam baker says time has not healed the hole left from the death of his father. i miss him, we used to call ourselves the three amigos. >> it's just bringing all those i motions back. >> reporter: adam baker says the emotional support has been invaluable. >> the pivotal point in my healing process has been all the support and love that everyone has given us. >> reporter: many in this crowd told us they have never met the honored officers and their families but came

patti lee, ktvu news. >> that's a great story, patti thank you. >>> wall street closed the week with losses. the dow closed 149 points. nasdaq was down 19 today and 2% for the month. some analysts say it shouldn't be too much of a concern since the dow had large gains. >>> ktvu's paul chambers tells us about the battle facing cannabis clubs. >> for the last two years, san jose has allowed us to exist now they want to shut us down. >> we're underneath the airport, next to a pg & e substation and a bunch of stores. there's no one that can say this is an inappropriate place. >> i don't see a need to shut it down. >> reporter: this woman does not think that they should shut down ac2d. >> i think they should shut down the ones around schools, where there's a lot of families and churches, places like that. >> reporter: and the club's could relocate and are not within 1,000 feet of schools and other areas the city deems as sensitive. >> we hear it clear and loud from the communities. >> reporter: the city's responsibility is to shut down any club. as for this club, it says it will start it

patti lee, ktvu news. >> that's a great story, patti thank you. >>> wall street closed the week with losses. the dow closed 149 points. nasdaq was down 19 today and 2% for the month. some analysts say it shouldn't be too much of a concern since the dow had large gains. >>> ktvu's paul chambers tells us about the battle facing cannabis clubs. >> for the last two years, san jose has allowed us to exist now they want to shut us down. >> we're underneath the airport, next to a pg & e substation and a bunch of stores. there's no one that can say this is an inappropriate place. >> i don't see a need to shut it down. >> reporter: this woman does not think that they should shut down ac2d. >> i think they should shut down the ones around schools, where there's a lot of families and churches, places like that. >> reporter: and the club's could relocate and are not within 1,000 feet of schools and other areas the city deems as sensitive. >> we hear it clear and loud from the communities. >> reporter: the city's responsibility is to shut down any club. as for this club, it says it will start it

calvin welch, and emily, lee, and patty lee, mary subuchi and danny lamb and, willie wo ng. amid, and if you could line up to your right is our left, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we have been asked here to three basic reasons and the coalition is very mindful that or about a year and a half ago, this project was dead in the water, and that the efforts on the part of the mayor's office and oewd to reach some sort of an agreement, had basically failed over the issue of saint lukes hospital, and at that point, we came to the board, and asked the board to become involved, made some suggestions, and so the suggestions were accepted. and we moved on to create the development agreement, that we see today. we have a continuing interest, to the coalition of san franciscans for healthcare, and housing, and jobs, and justice. and made up of some 60 community based organizations and coalitions of organizations. to meet the three main, if you will objectives, of our program for this development, the first is following up on the innovative solutions, that this board and cpmc came

live in concord, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new developments tonight after friday's b.a.r.t.racks between concord and pleasanthill. as the investigation continues the trains they are now rolling again. allie rasmus shows just what it took to restore service. >> reporter: you could hear the hum of b.a.r.t. trains at the con card station this morning. the first san francisco bound train pulled in at 8:07. service was back online after friday's train derailment shut down the train station. >> very happy it's back up today. it's not that hard for me to get to pleasant hill from here but it's much more convenient. >> reporter: trains lifted up and hauled away jackknifed b.a.r.t. cars. then they brought in two 40- foot sections of tracks to make repairs. from the platform you could see the blackened unrepaired metal. some of the derailment was used to divert tracks. the passenger trains were much better. crews finished inspections and checks then did test runs with empty trains before resuming passenger service. >> our message to passengers is we want to thank them for their patien

our patti lee is live in the city where the food and beverage industry is gearing for yet another fight. >> reporter: if passed this tax could add $1.08 to the price of this double gulp. it's supposed to be a deterrent and that is why it's so controversial. at the punjab restaurant in the mission district, soda sales are credited for keeping this family business afloat. >> we have so many cuperts that come just to buy drink. sugary drinks including energy and sports crichs are now in the crosshair of san francisco supervisors. >> . >> 64-ounce soda here, 53 teaspoons. >> reporter: today they laid out a plan to tack a $0.02 onto every ounce sold to raise money for exercise programs in low-income areas like bay view hunter's point. >> ss say the sugar is the hidden cause of the diabetes epidemic in children but grocers and restaurant you're evelyn wong fears a sugar tax won't have impact on the waistlines on children, but will have on the bottom line of small businesses. this isn't the first time san francisco has considered a soda tax, but the idea fizzled here in 2009. and as you mentio

patti lee joins us live from marin county where residents are tackling the problem by going shopping.> reporter: they are buying peace of mind in the form of heavy-duty anti-theft mailboxes. expecting a new credit card, a woman found her mail half open including her w-2. >> one side was ripped off so somebody could have looked inside and seen my social security number. >> reporter: the visa, nowhere to be found. >> they sent it weeks ago and i never got it. at that point, i thought i better file a fraud alert. >> reporter: she's one of dozens of victims posting warnings in the neighborhood. but marin county sheriff's department said the only way to protect yourself, a locked mailbox. we went to gold goodman's -- we went with goldman to goodman's hardware. peace the mind does not come cheap. >> really crazy. people are buying a lot. >> reporter: the manager says locking mailboxes have been the hottest item for weeks. >> daily we've been selling 10, 12. >> reporter: this is a problem that can affect neighborhoods across the bay area. just a few weeks ago, police grappled with the same i